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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1920)
Dakota ( (ijjity llaraltls D&kotn Olty, Nouvaolca DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD JOHN II. REAM, Publisher. Subscription Price, $1.50 Pci Year Telephone N'os. -13 nml 1.'. Official Paper of Dakota CM) ami llnkotn Count). Entered ns second class matter in tlio postolfico nt Dakota City, Ncur. Forein Advertuinit Repreentlie I THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION fjiithcnui Church Notes By Rev C. R. Lowe. The Ladies Aid society of Sniom .-ill .anf iif- t.hn homo nf Mrs. M. (j. Learner on Thursday, Jilv 1, nt 2.30 1 M. The pastor will preach n patriotic sermon next sunauy morning irom last Sunday's Sundny school lesson. The matter of National ilr.htoous ness iB very largely, tno not wholly, u matter of personal righteousness. Th people as a nation, should rec ognize that God is over all and that His "hand is for or f.gaim.t a nation to'raiso it up or to cast it down, r.nd that this fact should he considered. The young peoples clioir will meet at 'the church on Frida night. ODE TO THE (URLS (Taken from tho Wcsthopc, N. D., Standard, and credited to "One of the Boys.) Little girl, you are so small, Don't you wear no clothes nt all? Don'.t you wear no shimmy shirt? Don't you wear no "petti" skirt? Just your corsets and your hose Are those all your underclothes? Little girl, you look so slight When I see you in the light. With your skirts cut rather high Won't you catch a cold and die? Ai-en't you 'fraid to show your calf? It must make the fellows laughl Littlo girl, what is the cause? Why your clothes all made of gauze? Dqn't you wear no undervest When you go out fully dressed? Do you like those peek-a-boos, 'Stead of normal underclothes? Little girl, your 'spenders show When tho sunshine plays just so. 1 can seo your tinted flesh Through your thinnest gown of mesh; Is it modest, do you s'pose, Not to wear some underclothes? 1 can see way past your throat To a region most remote; 'Taint my fault, now, don't suppose, Why not wear some underclothes? Little girl, your socks have shoals Of those tiny littlo holes; Why you want to show your limb 1 do not know; is it a whim? Do you want to catch the eye Of each fellow passing by? Little girl, whero is tho charm in. .your long, uncovered armr And the "V" behind your neck Is .it for the birds to peck? 1-Hi.iu gin, i ten you inoso Arc not as nice ns underclothes. Little I'Irl. now llntnti linrrv You would be just twice as dear If 'yem'd cover up your charms Neck, back, legs, and both your arms. 1 would take you to some shows If ou'd wear some underclothes; But no lover goodness knows Wpnts a girl "sans" underclothes. Lltfle girl, your mystery, Loylng charms and modesty Arewhat makes us fellows keen To possess a little queen. S'pose I wore some harem punts, Or no shirt like nil my nunts, Or, a ringlet through my nose, They'd arrest me, don't you B'poso? I must wear a cout of mail, Clothed from bond to big toe nail; Imust cover up my form, Even when tho weather's warm. Farm Women Average 13 Hours a Day Nebraska farm women aro not join log. In tho crusade for shorter hours. A-Unlted States Department of Agri culture survey of 350 Nebraska farm homes shows the following facts: Farm women are working nn averacre of Imoro than thirteen hours a duy during the summer months. Only 30 per cent of the farm homes huvo .urjnlng water. Sixty-five per cent of the women carry water an average qf fifty-five feot. Only 17 qior cent of the farm homes are lighted by electricity or gas. Ninety-nine pet cent of the farm women aro dolnts the family washing and ironing, and 28 per cent of thorn aro still washlmr with u board and tub, and only 20 per cent nave gas or electric Irons. While less than 3 and a half per cent of the farm women work In the field 23 per cent of them help care for livestock and 42 per cent help with the milk ing. Ninety-eight per cent liako their own bread and 07 per cent do tho family hewing. Fifteen per cent ofitho farm houses have bath tubs. Kerosene stoves are In 77 per cent of tho homes. Women produce 95 per cent of the 500,000,000 worth of poul try products raised in the Htnto an nually. Canned Pood .Ma) lie lllli In Trice Indications point to greatly re duced amount of commeicially can ned food in tho country this year, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Tho packers aro finding it jdliTicult to obtain labor and the cos,t of the raw product that will bo canned will be high In price. High raw product, high labor and high su gar cim only mean high canned food for next winter. Tho Department Is urging that homo canning be stimu lated to tho utmost. All vegetables and fruit possible to obtain should bn put Into cans. If suirar Is not ob tainable or too high In price, It Is urged that tho canning bu done with out sugar. i The Herald for News when it is News. 0 5 COUNTY COIlItESl'OXDEKCE 0 51f51I51I5151(5lI5l(lIlI51lI51I5ira JACKSON Junics Hogan, of Emor&on, Neb., was an over Sunday guest in the T. H. Sullivan home. Evalyn Ileenan spraineu her wiist Monday by falling on the walk while roller skating. Mrs. Mary Reed of South bif.ux City is visiting in the Frank Rood and Walter Mackay homes this week. Walter Zulauf has purchased a l ew motorcycle. Mr. and Mrs. Warwick , of SioiK City, spent Sunday in the M. J. Miers home. William T. Hickey has In.-Halloc: to large electric fans in his ice cream parlor and pool hall. Mona Nordyke uf Sir.i! City is vis iting relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berry of Wayne, arrived here Sunday to attend the Maloney-Pauley wedding on Tuesday morning. D. F. Waters has purchased a new Ford truck which ho expects to use in hauling his goods from the cwy. Mrs. Ella McKeuvcr will sell .ior household goods Friday afternoon. July 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Leo O'Dell of Homer, spent over Sunday with Mrs. O'Dcll's parents, Fred Anderson and wife. Died, June 22, 1920, the six weeks old baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1'. A. Twohig. Interment was made in St. John's cemetery. Mrs. Mary Hagerty, who spent the past year in the D. F. Waters homo, helping care for Grandma Ean, de parted for Sioux City hisz Wednes day to take a few weeks' vacation. Ethel Everhardt is visiting in the home of her aunt, Mrs. 0. Oetgen, at Ponca. M. R. Boler has begun excavating for a modern home on .lis lots east of town. Bart McGonigle has icecntod a po sition in the 0. 0. Miller ci'c. Several teachers from heie took the teacher's examination at Dakota City last Snturday. J. M. Barry returned Monday from a few weeks' stay in Chicago. Mrs. J. A. Heath and children, of Missoula, Mont., arrived h re last Saturday evening for a viit in the W. II. Sundt and M. Mimnnugh homes. Fern Marfch is spending a week's vacation with relatives in Sioux City. Thos Edington of Cnstitna, lovva, is spending a few weeks in the j W. Kaaslng home. On Tuesday morning at St. Pat rick's church, occurred the marriage of AIlss Maine Maloney, laughter of Mrs. D. A. Casey, of this place, to Anton Pauley, of Sioux l'nlls, S. D. Rev. Felix McCarthy performed the ceremony. The attendants wreMlss Nell Maloney, sister of the bride, and Joseph Dillon of Sioux City, attended the groom. After the eeiemony the guests repaired to the home of the bride's parents, where i wedding breakfast was served to the immedi ate relatives of the youn.r couple, af ier wiucn iney ueparieu on i woo ding trip, and will be at home at Soux Falls, S. )., whore the groom lias a position. List of letters remaining in the postoflico at Jackson, Nel for week ending June 2G, 1020: Mr. and Mrs. W. Beoelheimer. M.J. Flvi.n. P.M. HOMER. D. C. Bristol and family aro visit ing their son Charles and family at Kenwood, Iowa. Albert Bristol, of Sioux City, was a Homer visitor Wednesduy of this week. Miss Margaret Pomeroy of South Sioux City, Is a Homer Visitor this week with relatives. Sherman McKinley, jr., of South Sioux City, while cranking his ear Sunday sprained his wrist. An Xray was taken and it is thought the bono is Bplit. Fred Brasfleld and family moved Friday Into the Joseph Smith houyo recently vacated by Will Blackoter. Chas. Jochlmscn, of Los Angeles, Cal., visited his aunt, Mrs. Alico Bol ster Friday. Mrs. Alico Bolster anu daughter Helen, and Mr. Chas. Jochimsen were guests Sunday at the H. C. Rasmus sen home. Warren Kinnear was a Sioux City visitor Monday. Miss Ollvo Learner of Dakota Uty, visited with homo folks Sunday. Hoy McKinley, who wo were in formed went to California to visit relatives, is back in Homer. Floods have no terrors for him, or lie would not have returned so soon. Homer had quite n heuvy r'.un on Monday and Monday night. Stiantro to say we never thought of a Hood, but slept like an infant through it all. Ashford and Churchill had a fii-e bunch of feeders going out to the Ashford farm one day last week. Will Hansen had a fine bunch of whiteface cattle on tho market Tues day. Mrs. H. A. Monroe departed San day to visit her relatives n't Hum bolt, Iowa. An aunt expects to re turn with' her to visit her sister, Mis. Uachael Kinnear, in Homer. While down town a few dnya ago, wo hoard a party say that after tho flood thero were people from Ponder camped near town and thej mud they had gathered over u thousand dollars worth of floatage, or salvage, or-vnat-ever you call it. Our maishal law did not extend far enough it seems. J. B. Bowman and wife of AlMon, Neb., on their way by auto to Minne sota, called at tho i. A. Brown ho no Monday to say "hollo" to Miss m dine Shepardson, Mrs. Bowman was principal of tho Superior schools when Miss Shepardbon tnught there. Ralph Smith, son of Oliver Smith and wifo, is now head shipping clerk for the Avery Implement Company of Omaha. Protty good tor a Humer i boy, In so short a time. ' I Miss Alico Learner returned ffom Fremont Friday, where she visited I Miss Edna Ochnnder for aoveral davs. 0 IIUHHAHD Ofr Harris and family spent a day the first of the week in the C. Smith home. The Farmers Union met at the P Johnson home last week. Ester and Delia Jensen visited with friends near Homer last week. Mis3 Lehman was a visitor in the Voss home one day last week. Mrs. H. Hansen spent a few days of the past week in the home of hei daughter near Nncora. G. Jensen, wife and daughter, visit ed the past week in the P. Johnson home. Mrs. Rich Johnson spent a few days the past week in the hospital in TSioux City with her sister. 1-retl Uartels shipped a car load of cattle Wednesday to Sioux City. Chas. Heikes, with his familyrvis ited in the Fred Bartels home on Wednesday Mrs. Anderson and son Albert vis ited Saturday and Sunday in Larson Bros. home. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Jessen tin and daughter visited in the Geo. Johnson homo Sunday. Mrs. Mogcnsen and daughter were east boud passengers last Friday. Chas. Londcrgan, Will and John Duggan motored to Sioux City Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Goertz motored to Jefferson, S. D., Sunday nnd spent the day in the August Betcke home. xNick Andresen nnd family motored to Sioux City Monday. Quite a congregation attended the church services in the Larson Bros,' home Sunday. Louis Deroin returned from Siou. City last week, after a few weeks' stay in the home of his son Frank. A goodly number from here spent Sundny at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nelsen Sunday ed in the C. Rasmussen home. Peter Jensen and family motored out in the country Sunday. Rev. Fr. Zeph spent a 'day in the city the past week with friends. J. J. Eimers of South Sioux City was a visitor here the past week. The Misses Long enjoyed a visit from their cousin, Marie Tobin, of Sioux City, the past week. Mr. nnd Mrs. Len Harris spent a couple oi days in Homer last vcek. John VnnLent had a telephone in- hiaiieo in his home Tuesday. George Timlin motored to S 10UX city last rriday. Bonnie Hnrtnett is enjoying a isit from rriends from Jefferson, S. D. Mrs. Miller was in the city the first of the week. Miss Heency was in Sioux City do ing shopping one day the past week. .Mr. and Mrs. N Andersen motored to Sioux City last Thursday. Guy Anderson and wife were city goers the past week. William Andcrren of Montana came last week and s making an extended visit with relatives here. SOUTH SIOUX CITY Mrs. S. II. Moore and dn,;ghtoi Lois, returned to their home in Siouv Kalis Friday, after a visit with relatives nere and at Umnln. Jas. Fisher and family of Spencer, Iowa, came Sunday for a visit with relatives. Carol Beth and Clarence Vernon tho "Lake twins" nr Utin :.. Omaha with their aunt, Mrs. Orvillc uaKe. Fred Duensincr wns pmmti, tnt visitor Monday, doing .i little shop. Ping. Nick Nelson was badly burned Sat urday night by the explosion of a bottle of "gasoline'' at his bathing resort at Crystal lake. Out of 500 votes in this place only 34 were cast rtt tho school bond election Monday. Bonds to the amount of 30,00 were voted $25,000 of which will be used to repair and remodel the three school buildings, and 4,200 to lie used lor pm chasing additional ground adjoining the site of the Normal building. WATERBURY Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Uungerford, from Stuart, Neb., who had ben vis ting their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Wil Hams, autoed to Sioux City to visit a daughter there, also other relative" and friends. Honej Producers .Make Big I'rollts While there is increasing interest In Nebraska as a honey state, profits which some honey producers make seem to justify even more considera- nun. n larmer near Florence pur chased u two-pound package of )ees Anr 1 25. 1910. fnr ir,nh x,.'K:a WTL:? of. .'I'oy from .... ow v inn j-uur, wnicn he sold for tio cents n iminwl nr ,, (ti ,.r ,. A Douglas county woman paid $.20 for .. n u.,u t,i ees a year ago this spring, and sold last year 144 pounds of honev from thorn, for whinii d. ... , 40 cents a pound, or a total of 57 GO Stancd Chickens Don't (inm Several instances where naby clucks were mer-fed the first six week, and then turned out to rustle for them, selves have been found by tie ( ' . ego of Agriculture Intension poU . try specialists in their travels .vur the state. Tho result in nearly y. ttffl, ?lVMKC W"S "Poyerisheil clilcks, will the owner wondering why the stock did not do better. k is r,.i oinniended that moderate feeding bo continued until tho chicks haw the framework for proper developIOIu A varie y ration, such as dry h sour or buttermilk, ami green .eej J necessary if the chicks a,e to I "&. t going forward. ' l l.',):Locnl ll,nn to reni.,,.1,1 Reynolds Tennant Land Company ,, securing buyers for Burlington, Colo iVi 2,' ' li PP'neott, 'J05 Francis Hldg., Siouv City, Iowa. t The Herald, 1.50 per year"" I CITY MAN HAS BIG ADVANTAGE OVER FARMER New York Has Billion and Half Tax-Exempt Securities Now Outstanding. THEN WHY TAX FARM BONDS? Guy Huston Shows That Proposal to Tax Joint Stock Land Bank Bonds Would Injure Farmer ajnd Ralso Interest Rates on Farm Mortgages. New York city alone has outstand ing 1,450,000,000 of tax-exempt bonds, and there is n total of 8,000,000,000 of tax-exempt municipal bonds outstand ing nt the present time. Hundreds of million of this amount nre Invested in electric light plants, water works, mu nicipal docks, subways and other largo Income-producing properties. Then why deny to the farmers of America the right to borrow a few hundred mil lion dollars on tax-exempt bonds? Tills was the question raised by Guy Huston, president of the American Association of Joint Stock Land Banks, in January at a hearing before the senate com mittee on banking and currency. A bill, known as senate bill 3100, which would repeal the tax-exemption feature of the forrasloan act as applied to the bonds of joint stock land banks, was before the committee and the argu ment urged by the supporters of the bill was that the government needed the revenue. Mr. Huston showed that these farm loan bonds constituted less than one-third of one per cent of the AV' 'k,: f ; '. ' Guy Huston. amount ot tax-free securities and that the Income the government would de rive by taxing these farm bonds would amount to nothing ns compared to the income that imlght be derived by tax ing city bonds. ' Mr. Huston said: "There tire four billions of dollars of farm mortgages'ln the United Stntes, which, according to the best authori ties, are held as follows: Insurance companies. . . .1,100,000,000 Savings bnnks, state banks, trust companies and commercial banks. 1,000,000,000 Eleemosynary lnstltu- f tions 4 400.000.000 Local loans 1,250,000,000 I ah other 250,000,000 4,000,000.000 Farm Mortgages Not Generally Taxed. ne explained that the '2,100,000,000 of farm mortgages carried by the in-, surance companies, savings banks, state banks, trust companies and com mercial bonks escaped the income tax, and that the Income tax paid by tlieso Institutions is a tax only on the profit on tho stock of these corporations. Ho said that the joint stock hind hanks now pay an income upon the profit on their stock the same as these other in stttutlons. Mr. Huston ulso explained that eleemosynary institutions which carry 400,000,000 of farin mortgages pay no income tax. Ho said further that 1,250, 000,000 which lie classified ns lo cal loans are carried In small units by local investors who pay only a local income tax, if they happen to pay any at ull. These can not bo rewritten under the provisions of tho federal farm loan act because they have been made on terms and conditions which could not be accept ed under tho federal law. Food More Important Than Revenue. Mr. Huston then showed thnt In reality there was left only 250,000,000 (out of tho original 4,000,000,000 qf loans on farm mortgages) which are now paying nn Income tax but which In tho futuro might escnpo taxation under tho farm loan act as It now stands. Mr. Huston said that the need of tho nation for Increased production In agriculture was so great that the gov ernment, acting for tho common wel fare of the entlro nation, should per mit tho Issuanco of farm mortgago bonds without their belug subject to tho Income- tax, ' 3 :A ;. '" . ' . - h Specials for Saturday m n m n SALT 10c Pkge J Pkgs. lor 'J.'ic GOOD LUCK JAR RUBBERS 15c Sellers 2 Pkgs for 2.k- KANSAS FLOUR sold on m-mev back guarantee, per sack .$1.00 FANCY JAP RICE 2 pounds lor 3".c NAVY BEANS-hund pithed- 2 pounds lor 2,c UAKElJ HI-JANS 20c v.lue-per can V.v PEAS Standard Gi ado -per can ISe JELLO All Flnvois per ikgo IM PEACHES in Gallon Cans iine quality er can A 1.25 Store Open Until Noon, July 5th . We Will Also iluvL. a Full Lino of Ficsli lYnits anil Arcj?ct lilt's. Keir Telephone rghhhhpieern Flynn Commission Company Office Phones Auto. 9239 Bell. 3G1 W3I. (BILL) J. FLYNN ORDER BUYING GIVEN Champ Clark No. FINELY Jack U HiuiiIk High. Color: Klnck, with While l'oints. Will stand the Season at my place known as the ln rely farm. One mile west and live miles south of Dakota City, and 2J miles northeast of Homer, Neh., every day in the week. TERMS: $12.50 for standing colt; $10.00 to insure mare in foal. When mare is about to be removed or sold, the foal bill becomes clue at once. Good care will be taken to avoid accidents, but will not be responsible if any should occur. L. L. Howard Owner and Manager. j Abstracts of Title! A $10,000 Surety Bond Guarantees the Accuracy I of every Abstract I make .1. J. EIMERS, Bonded Abstractor. Successor to the Dakota County Abstract Company I J Eros. No. 31 Residence Phone Auto 88282 LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS Room 301 Exchange Bldg. SIOUX 'CITY, IOWA Stock Yards HO(iS. CATTLE. SHEKP. Write US Wiie US Phone us If you want market information. Ship Us For the High price ami good fill. SPECIAL ATTENTION 20378. HKE1) Dakota City, Neh., lloutu 2 V- 4 W, - V -, Mqfc -;.,. . 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